Blackboard workshop, Dionne Teaching and Learning Center
Fall 2004

Carol St. Angelo (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology) reveals how she uses Blackboard's discussion board feature in her graduate course. She also explains the benefits of tracking student use of the sections of her course site. Joan Furey (Assistant Professor of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences) discusses how her students analyze speech and learning impairment in child subjects through videos available through her Blackboard course. She then tells how she uses Blackboard for a graduate course in which students transcribe audio clips of children with speech sound disorders. Mustapha Masrour (Director of the Language Learning Center) details his use of the discussion board for courses in the Teacher Education Program. He explains how his strives to encourage students to share well-thought ideas during class discussions. Later, he shows how he used images from a textbook on illegal immigration to inspire discussion threads and teach students how to engage considerately in a controversial debate.

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Blackboard workshop, Business Development Center
Fall 2004

Steven Laurence (Assistant Professor of Physics) discusses how he uses Blackboard to prevent administrative teaching tasks from absorbing precious class time. He describes how BlackBoard can be used in conjunction with multimedia materials available through textbook publishers. He details his use of Blackboard's quiz and assignment functions, including the third-party tool Respondus. Judith Tabron talks about her experiences using Blackboard to foster critical thinking in English literature seminars. She also describes use of the web for coursework and how to encourage students to research efficiently. Hussain Ahmad (Assistant Dean for Enrollment Services) demonstrates how he employs the Blackboard discussion board to motivate students to consider contemporary issues in business.

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